From the Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. (J.M.L.); the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Schneider Children’s Hospital, New Hyde Park, N.Y. (J.M.L.); the Department of Radiology (S.W.), the Obstetrics and Gynecology Service/Genetic Counseling (C.E.H.), and the Department of Pathology (D.R., N.L.H.), Massachusetts ...

Received: October 25, 2011; Revised: December 5, 2011; Accepted: December 14, 2011 Corresponding author: Yee-Min Jen, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325, Sec. 2, Cheng-gong Road, Taipei 114, Taiwan, Republic of China. Tel: +886-2-8792-7122; Fax: +886-2-8792-7123; E-mail: [email protected] J Med Sci 2012;32(1):043-046 http:...

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